About Us 

​Once upon a time we were two little girls who wanted to make a book. And we did!

Our first book wasn't very good. We didn't know what we were doing. (We were only 10 and 11 years old.) But we knew we had fun making it. So we made more books. We made mistakes, too, and a lot of big messes. Then we discovered something interesting: If you tinker with a mistake long enough, it sometimes turns into a book.

                                            Mistakes + Tinkering + Time = Books!

Here are some other things we know:
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Name: Kate Klise
Occupation: writer
Birthday: April 13
Place of birth: Peoria, Illinois
Current residence: a farmhouse in the Missouri Ozarks
Education: Marquette University (English major)
Favorite color: robin egg blue
Favorite songs: A London Symphony by Ralph Van Williams and "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers
Favorite book du jour: Stuart Little by E. B. White 
Favorite artist: my sister, M. Sarah Klise (of course!)
Favorite things to do: read, write, laugh, hike, travel, and get lost in unfamiliar places

           Want to know Kate's Top Ten Tips for writing? Click here! 
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Name: M. (stands for Mary) Sarah Klise
​Occupation: illustrator
Birthday: December 31
Place of birth: Peoria, Illinois
Current residence: a Victorian cottage in Berkeley, California
Education: Marquette University (History major)
Favorite color: a clean white piece of paper 
Favorite song: “Waters of March" by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Favorite book: The Twenty-One Balloons, William Pene du Bois
Favorite artist: My son, Milo
Favorite things to do: draw, tinker, build things, teach drawing and painting to my students in the Bay Area
                 Check out Sarah's Secret Sauce for drawing here!    ​

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